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Bush "Memos" Look Forged
28 years in the military | 9/9/04

Posted on 09/09/2004 7:55:59 AM PDT by pabianice

On a previous thread the author makes excellent points about the anachronism error in the "memos" the Liberals have recently "discovered" regarding George Bush's alleged "desertion" and "dereliction of duty" while in the Texas ANG.

A look at these memos shows another problem. A big problem. To understand it, you have to understand a bit about the military. In official documents of any kind, proper rank abbreviations are strictly enforced, to the point that, if they are incorrect, the document has to be destroyed and rewritten. A document forwarded with incorrect acronyms is returned for resubmittal.

The "memos" the Liberal Gang has "discovered," showing Bush to have been a shirker, all carry a consistent incorrect abbreviation for his rank. The only acceptable abbreviation for a USAF or ANG first lieutenant is "1LT." I have also seen, rarely, it written "1/LT," although this is the exception. All the "recently discovered" memos about Bush say "1stLt." While I am Navy and not Air Force, to the best of my knowledge, this is not allowed, let alone a mispunctuated memo addressed to Bush as "1stLt.3244754FG."

I am willing to bet a week's pay that these memos are forgeries.


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1 posted on 09/09/2004 7:55:59 AM PDT by pabianice
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To: pabianice

Interesting. Can any military Freepers corroborate?


2 posted on 09/09/2004 7:57:16 AM PDT by Rutles4Ever ("The message of the Cross is foolishness to those who are perishing...")
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To: pabianice

A timeline history of the IBM Typewriter with old ads to show what the machines looked like. Click on the thumbnail to see an enlargement of that ad.

http://www.etypewriters.com/history.htm


3 posted on 09/09/2004 7:57:47 AM PDT by crushelits
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To: Rutles4Ever; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; Chieftain

Ping


4 posted on 09/09/2004 7:58:50 AM PDT by Jet Jaguar (Who would the terrorists vote for?)
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To: pabianice; Cannoneer No. 4; SLB

Quite true.


5 posted on 09/09/2004 8:01:35 AM PDT by sauropod (Hitlary: "We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good.")
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To: pabianice; Admin Moderator

There are a couple of threads like this going, Howlin is trying to get all the info consolidated in one place. Could you repost your info here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1210702/posts?q=1&&page=301


Also, AM, how can we best get these threads consolidated, so we don't miss some great investigative reporting from FReepers? Thanks!


6 posted on 09/09/2004 8:01:42 AM PDT by BreitbartSentMe (Now EX-Democrat!)
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To: pabianice
Speaking of forgeries...
7 posted on 09/09/2004 8:01:58 AM PDT by pabianice
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To: pabianice
Should we have an open thread on this to accumulate all of these points. If there is sufficient evidence, someone should compile and scower the media (I am sure Drudge will appreciate a good story on news media fraud.)
8 posted on 09/09/2004 8:03:05 AM PDT by mnehring (YP4W)
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To: Bush_Democrat

Done.


9 posted on 09/09/2004 8:03:46 AM PDT by pabianice
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To: Squantos; river rat; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

Ping


10 posted on 09/09/2004 8:04:12 AM PDT by Travis McGee (----- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com -----)
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To: RonDog; mnehrling
"Did CBS know they were using a forged memorandum on their 60 Minutes Hit?"

It's not too early to go with this. Get it to the entire blogosphere, the New Media will follow, and CBS will take a major slam.

11 posted on 09/09/2004 8:06:07 AM PDT by Travis McGee (----- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com -----)
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To: crushelits

Don't suppose you could just tell us if the variable spacing statement is true or not?


12 posted on 09/09/2004 8:06:57 AM PDT by norton
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To: pabianice

Yep when I address a letter to my daughter it's 2DLT NOT 2nd Lt.


13 posted on 09/09/2004 8:07:32 AM PDT by steveo (Member: Fathers Against Rude Television)
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To: pabianice

Almost forgot. The third "Bush Memo" is also misspelled. The correct abbreviation for lieutenant colonel on any ANG document is "LtCol," not "Lt. Colonel." Any LtCol would know better than to misspell his own rank.
<p.
These "documents" reek of fraud.


14 posted on 09/09/2004 8:07:35 AM PDT by pabianice
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To: Bush_Democrat

bttt


15 posted on 09/09/2004 8:07:49 AM PDT by boxerblues
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To: crushelits

It seems there would be a finite number of typewriters used within the unit that authored the memos. Since typewriters have a unique signature, why not see if the memos correlate with any of the other documents done by this unit?

It shouldn't be too hard to establish given the volumes of paperwork generated by the military at the time.


16 posted on 09/09/2004 8:09:13 AM PDT by 5by5
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To: Rutles4Ever

After 20 years in the Army I can testify to the fact that rank abbreviations was/is a sore point in all military correspondence. I've never, never seen it abbreviated 1stLt. except by journalists in the press.


17 posted on 09/09/2004 8:09:20 AM PDT by ladtx ( "Remember your regiment and follow your officers." Captain Charles May, 2d Dragoons, 9 May 1846)
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To: pabianice

In official documents of any kind, proper rank abbreviations are strictly enforced, to the point that, if they are incorrect, the document has to be destroyed and rewritten



As a former training NCO for an Infantry Company, I can attest to this - in Spades.


18 posted on 09/09/2004 8:09:53 AM PDT by taxcontrol (People are entitled to their opinion - no matter how wrong it is.)
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To: pabianice
This is a definite thing about abbreviations to rank.

A first lieutenant was always shortened to "1Lt." when I was in the USAF, and in the Georgia Air National Guard.

I am not sure that there is a hard rule for this, but I never saw it in the Air Force or ANG in other way that you listed it.
19 posted on 09/09/2004 8:11:17 AM PDT by Preachin' (Democrats are liars...)
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To: ladtx

Thank you.


20 posted on 09/09/2004 8:12:08 AM PDT by Rutles4Ever ("The message of the Cross is foolishness to those who are perishing...")
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